No more replacement refs! How long until spectators start complaining about the old fashioned NFL referees? On that note, I had a couple of articles on Forbes that touched on the referee drama: 1) NFL Replacement Referees Have Compromised The Game’s Integrity And League’s Position On Sports Betting; and 2) NFL’s Lockout Of Referees Is […]
I am certainly going to be paying attention to the formation of Israel’s National Baseball Squad. I hope Shawn Green blasts some homers in the World Baseball Classic. Perhaps I should send Ian Kinsler a personal letter requesting that he shows his pride by joining the team. I have two new Forbes pieces that I […]
In the past few years, I have covered three former basketball agents making the jump from representing players to being one of the key figures with regards to managing basketball operations of an NBA franchise. Lon Babby, formerly an NBPA certified basketball agent/attorney with Williams & Connolly accepted an offer to become President of Basketball Operations with the Phoenix […]
In the past couple of years, we have covered three former basketball agents making the jump from representing players to being one of the key figures with regards to managing basketball operations of an NBA franchise. Most recently, former Wasserman Media Group agent Bob Myers signed contract to become the Assistant General Manager of the […]
The battle for the right to represent Jimmer Fredette has come to an abrupt end. Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo! Sports broke the news yesterday when he reported that Fredette has signed with Jeff Austin and Chris Emens of Octagon. The men at Octagon will aim to continue Jimmer fever that has swept across the country […]
Late last night, it was reported that the Golden State Warriors is going to hire Bob Myers of Wasserman Media Group as the Warriors assistant general manager. Myers would not be the first basketball agent to switch to the team side of the business. Jason Levien went from representing Kevin Martin, Luol Deng, and Courtney […]